GC 640 Research Ethics (CRN No. 70175)

Prerequisites -- None specified

Fall Term -- Thu -- 4:00-5:00 -- 1 credit

Starting date: 09/10/09; ending date: 12/03/09

Regularly assigned classroom: Hamilton 504;

exception dates & alternate classrooms: none

Instructor: Dennis Gross, Gerald Grunwald

Course Description

This graduate seminar course is designed to familiarize students with the ethical dilemmas inherent to the conduct of research. Topics to be discussed include codes of ethical behavior, research design, conflicts of interest, informed consent and the appropriate use of animals. The student will be required to prepare a paper on the analysis of one or more case studies.

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Faculty Information

Dr. Dennis Gross received his PhD in Cell Biology in 1974 from the University of California, Los Angeles and did postdoctoral training at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Dr. Gross has a long history as instructor and course developer for the Masters programs of the college and has had an adjunct faculty appointment in the Jefferson Medical College since 1977. Dr. Gross comes to his present position after a 28-year career at Merck Research Labs.

Dr. Gerald B. Grunwald, PhD, received his doctoral degree in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Grunwald holds a faculty position in the Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology and is also Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Jefferson College of Graduate Studies. The research interests of his laboratory center on studies of the developmental biology and pathogenesis of the eye, especially of the neural retina, the retinal pigment epithelium, and the lens.